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LOPEZ v. STATE

74222, 74223.

184 Ga. App. 31 (1987)

360 S.E.2d 722

LOPEZ v. THE STATE. OYOLA v. THE STATE.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Rehearing Denied July 31, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Miguel A. Orta, Fernando Garcia, for appellant (case no. 74222).

J. Lane Bearden, Joseph P. Quirk, for appellant (case no. 74223).

Darrell E. Wilson, District Attorney, for appellee.

DEEN, Presiding Judge.

Jose Luis Lopez and Ruben Oyola were jointly tried and convicted by a jury of trafficking in cocaine. Each has filed a separate appeal.

On June 9, 1986 Lopez and Oyola were en route from Miami to Chicago when they were stopped on I-75 in Gordon County at 6:45 a. m. by Georgia State Patrol Trooper M. S. Ralston, who told them their automobile had either a dim or nonfunctioning taillight. Lopez was a 21-year-old native of Puerto Rico with...

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